Our Story

Our approach to design is different. We take time to consider seriously (before putting pen to paper) how every element of your company's culture and brand will inform the final design.

Why Burtt-Jones & Brewer? We make a stand against one size fits all.Each project for us is unique.

Here’s how we do things differently:

Being independent means we don’t come with a fixed fit-out team. Instead, we have access to the best, trusted contractors and suppliers to suit your project and your budget.

We only recommend a design when the brief has been scrutinised and the research and thinking stages have been completed.

We are committed to successful outcomes. We’ll never just tell you what you want to hear. It means we reduce risk by properly engaging with you on the ‘early-stage’ phases of projects.

Our story

Our vision is for longer term, better value. Timeless design that lasts the distance and matches your business brand and culture -now and for the future.

Our clients relish being challenged and guided by fresh,innovative ideas. It’s a journey to rethink design that we take together.

Burtt-Jones & Brewer began over a coffee. A beverage that founders Adam (Burtt-Jones) and Steve (Brewer) are very particular about. Much like our design solutions. We believe that when design is placed at the heart of all decisions it will, and does, transform workspaces for the better.

Over the years we have developed a well-researched journey in workplace design, that’s strategic and proven to make your workspace work. Unexplored routes still excite us, yet we've also a proven track record in well-trodden routes that continue to deliver again, and again, amazing outcomes.

Co-founders Adam and Steve

Adam has 20 years’ experience as an expert guide in the route less travelled.

Delivering commercial interior design for all kinds of organisations, nationally and internationally, Adam’s a passionate believer in design as a force of great change and inspiration.

Skilled across all disciplines of interior design and workspace, from feasibility and strategy to conceptual development and design risk analysis. Adam has extensive experience managing a team of designers and working closely with clients and contractors to achieve long-term, successful outcomes.

Working globally, Adam approaches projects with a commercial and functional bias. He’s made workplaces work for a wide range of businesses, notably, Camelot Group, Bradford and Bingley, Specialized Bikes, Culpeper, BBC, The Coventry Building Society, SEB, Whittard Teas, and Emap.

A member of the Chartered Society of Designers, Adam has a Ba(Hons) Interior Architecture & Design. And rumour has it he also cuts a mean shape when he competes in amateur motor-sports.

Steve has designed spaces for some of the world’s largest and best known companies. From Multimap.com, Yahoo!, the Bank of England and Her Majesty’s Treasury. His passion lies in achieving solutions that reflect the values and ethics of a business while also satisfying the needs and desires of the people that interact within this space.

His twenty years’ experience has seen him challenging how space can be structurally changed and re-organised, and where internal, physical barriers can be altered to enhance the environment. As the workplace keeps evolving, Steve’s expertise encompasses change management and the role of consultants, project managers and workplace psychologists.

A BSc (Hons) in Industrial Design, Steve’s believes that creativity shouldn’t cost the Earth; neither should the products we buy, or the environments we design.

If that’s not enough, he also volunteers for the charity Whizz-Kidz and the Forestry Commission and is partial to a bit of racing on one of his bikes or running in the woods, while juggling his wife & one (two) of his children (not literally).

Our people

What truly sets Burtt-Jones & Brewer apart – is our people. As Burtt-Jones & Brewer grows, we attract more excellent guides to lead you on your unique workplace adventure. A hive of brilliant minds for you to tap into. A team of creative souls who are all on the same mission: to continue to deliver outstanding results.

Let’s introduce you to our team of brilliant minds...

Brilliant minds and creative souls- our people are what makes us unique -

Working alongside Adam and Steve are a team of interior experts who all share the Burtt-Jones Brewer passion:for every new space to reflect an organisation’s brand values and needs in every way.

Aaron

first started CAD drafting while working in the facilities department. it was here he found a love for design. He has gained considerable knowledge and experience over his 25 years working in the industry; from his early building experience, to designing in buildings as far afield as New Zealand and St Petersburg and within many iconic buildings.

Away from his computer, Aaron splits his time between playing unicycle hockey and juggling with his two boys, and volunteering for his local amateur dramatics group as part of the set construction and stage crew.

Angharad

has 17 years experience in the interior design industry and 10 years’ in architectural practise where she has worked on a wide range of projects, from large scale health care and education through to high end residential and hospitality.

With a BA Hons in 3Dimensional Interior Architecture, Angharad has a keen eye for detail and is able to quickly visualise a three dimensional interior environment and interpret the needs and wishes of the client. She is a firm believer in less is more where design is concerned and is able to balance aesthetics and practicalities creatively.

Outside of work triathlon is a big part of Angharad’s life and she’s currently training for her first Ironman.

Stella

is versatile, organised and when she sees a problem, she doesn’t hesitate to strategically start to solve it - usually in an astonishing time frame. She loves numbers and words and believes that they should be used to move forward instead of used to procrastinate.

There is no job too small and no task too big, Stella is always hands on and enjoys nothing better than a challenge.

Tom

is interested in how the field of interior design can be used to improve the functionality of buildings for those that use them, as well as their efficiency. He is also obsessively concerned with the aesthetics of spaces, and believes these two important components of design complement rather than conflict.

Graduating in 2001 with a BA (hons) Interior Design, Tom has been working in the field ever since, predominantly, for the past 15 years, in the workplace sector. He has been involved in various different design roles in a large number of projects for companies such as Microsoft (including XBox), Swiss Re, Norton Rose Fulbright, Hiscox and Land Registry.

A keen interest in finding solutions to difficult design problems is what drives Tom, alongside the satisfaction from overseeing schemes completed to a high standard. Beyond the workplace, Tom is usually found exploring the countryside by bike or foot, or busy sketching music events, landscapes and architecture, before turning them into coloured artworks.

Damian

has delivered workplace strategies and change management programmes for many of the large corporate and some government clients. In the last 14 years, he has led projects for HSBC, Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte and the Singapore Government. He is a thought leader in the future of work, in particular co-working and user experience management.

In his spare time Damian mentors challenged teenagers at local schools, is dad to a daughter and energetic twin boys and enjoys a bit of wine tasting.

Liz

our Director of Communications looks after raising our profile and at times bakes us delicious cakes.

After cutting her teeth working in several top London and Sydney advertising agencies (Leo Burnetts, DDB) on accounts from John Lewis to Heineken, Liz has the ability to strategically think inside and outside of the box.

Liz brings invaluable brand experience and constantly bangs the drum about the importance of being 'brand consistent'. Whether it's a 48 sheet poster, radio commercial or reception area of an office; she makes sure each touch point communicates the right message.

Ionela

is a very creative (and we mean very) individual with a huge passion for Interiors. Her undergraduate programme in Interior Design at Cambridge School of Arts and a MA in Interior and Spatial Design at Chelsea College of Arts, formed a foundation for Ionela achieving an in-depth knowledge in the field of Architecture and Design.

Ionela passionately believes design can combine science and precision on one hand, and creativity and art, on the other. Mixing the two is the key to successful design and architecture. With meticulous attention to detail, Ionela works on projects to make carefully planned office designs a unique and professional interior space.

Alongside her Interiors passion, Ionela speaks 4-5 languages (that even she doesn’t know how she managed to learn), and is a committee member of AMMB (The Moldovan Association in Great Britain), a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation, which raises money for disabled children in Moldova.

David

(being a little older than the others) has spent 35 years as a designer; setting up his own business two years after leaving college and selling it fifteen years later to Conran Design Group, which he led for the next ten years. This saw him work on a huge variety of projects, including branding and identity for BT, First Choice and Milliken, retail store design for Diesel, Sainsbury’s and Shell, and more recently, workspace design with BJ&B for Swiss Re, SEB and Wolverine.

Now with a ‘portfolio career’ he chairs an international branding agency in Singapore, Shanghai, London and New York and an architectural practice specialising in large-scale housing developments. But most of his time is spent working pro bono… he is chairman of the River and Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames, trustee and chair of the trading company at the London Transport Museum, governor at Ravensboune art and design college and a member of the Government’s Design Commission.

Despite all the smart sounding stuff, he’s just a designer at heart and nothing gets him quite so interested as figuring out how a client’s question, conundrum or problem can be neatly resolved by an almost magical design slight-of-hand….

Satu

joined Burtt-Jones & Brewer in late 2016 to provide core support to the company’s operations. She ensures the efficient running of the office, overseeing the day-to-day functions of the business and providing behind-the-scenes assistance to our team of designers and consultants. Creating and maintaining order is Satu’s forte, and she is known to drift into a zone of her own in order to tackle tasks with a laser-sharp focus.

When Satu isn’t working, she finds inspiration in music and enjoys exploring the urban outdoors. She also trains in kickboxing and boxing, and can be found at the dojo most evenings, trying to perfect her technique.

Louise

has over 25 years of significant management, interior and architecture experience within the European Design Industry. A professional architectural designer, with a BA(Hons) in Interior Architecture, Louise’s previous experience includes running major design fee projects alongside Citex and Overburys, specialising in conceptual design, product knowledge and managing teams.

Specialising in both commercial and residential projects in Europe with a keen interest in workplace solutions and product knowledge, Louise’s recent projects include the Milan Office for Investec Asset Management and sourcing materials for Kirkland and Ellis LLP, London and a private Tuscan home for a professional racing cyclist.

Louise is passionate about mentoring the next generation and has recently completed a project to train students from 19-26 to become Superyacht Captains.

Along with the team, the very nature and structure of our own business allows us the freedom to collide with some of the best creative minds in the industry from acousticians, artwork consultants, lighting and corporate brand consultants through to psychologists and other unique suppliers.